Gearbox Could Have Developed a Call of Duty Game

Gearbox clarified to IGN that there "wasn't any official proposal or refusal from both parties," as there was no contract concerning Gearbox and Activision concerning Call of Duty.

Once upon a time, Activision approached Gearbox Software about working on a Call of Duty game. Gearbox Software, as history has already shown, declined to develop.

"I just didn't see what there was left to accomplish. For me, there are two scenarios for which a Gearbox project makes sense," Gearbox President Randy Pitchford tells Krawall. "First, when the game just wouldn't have existed without us. Or second, when we could offer something new for an existing brand, a unique perspective or a new start." Pitchford says that wasn't the case in this scenario.

He continues, "I think, if you want to give people the Call of Duty that they want, you have to play by the rules of the series. You have to do what is expected of a Call of Duty game. I don't see that as a real challenge for us. It wouldn't further build our reputation as a studio and wouldn't really be that motivating for our team."

Pitchford explains that Gearbox would prefer to leverage its own Brothers in Arms brand should it decide to create something like Call of Duty. "It's just not for us," he says, "but that's a very individual thing and shouldn't come across as condescending."